In this substantial collection of new and reprinted stories, Hughes displays the literary skills that have brought him a wide and devoted readership. In “The Old House Under the Snow,” we find two explorers burrowing under the snow to find a house whose bizarre features mesmerize them; in “What I Fear Most,” the narrator’s account of his inmost terrors takes a strange turn; in “The Hydrothermal Reich,” Hitler and his cohorts are shown to have an unusual plan for world domination.

David’s remarkable telekinetic abilities have disappeared, and he’s eager to find the reason why. David finds himself in possession of a strange Hopi artifact. Little does he know this will be the start of a new adventure into the complex underworld of vampire nightclubs, werewolf cults, and psychic superheroes.

A first English translation by an award-winning Spanish author follows the nightmarish experiences of a dying woman and a boy beside her hospital bed, who explore the dynamics of broken souls, toxic relationships and the power and desperation of family.

Jodi and her friends all suffer from the same affliction. Each of them compelled to deal with their struggles in their own personal way.These unfortunate residents of the small quiet town of La Mort Douce must band together as their peace is threatened by a mysterious Vampire, Hunters who treat them like wild game and a Government Agency with promises of a cure.

A trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman to evaluate the safety of a boy who may have been taken against his will to a New Mexico backwoods settlement, where the mercenaries encounter paranoia, mistrust, and insanity in the shadow of a monolithic idol.

When food writer David Dominé buys a three-story Victorian house, little does he know it is located in an enchanted neighborhood, one full of gargoyles and gas lamps, hidden courtyards, towers, turrets, and gingerbread trim. When strange noises and puzzling smells start to keep him awake at night, and bizarre coincidences punctuate his days, he discovers that enchantment can take many different forms. The oddballs and oddities, the weird and wonderful he encounters in this enchanted neighborhood come to life in Voodoo Days at La Casa Fabulosa.